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I have a hard small lump on the side of my neck, on the left

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I have a hard small lump on the side of my neck, on the left side. Probably closer to my collarbone than my ear, but probably about halfway. It seems that it appeared overnight. It seems to be attached to the muscle, not the skin, and not anywhere near the throat. Cant really be moved. There is slight pain, almost like when touching a pimple. My neck has been sore for the past couple of days, the left side is a bit sore. Also, I participate in wrestling, grappling, martial arts - I often get trauma to the neck, we train very hard with neck chokes, etc. Not sure if this has anything to do with it.

• No pain inside throat, but I woke up feeling a but more dry/rough than usual. Nothing significant.

• No real history of any big trauma - but I've had previous soreness on and off in this area. I always thought it was from grappling and fighting. Especially this weekend, I had a bit more significant soreness there than usual.

** Actually (just remembered) - about 2 years ago I had a MAJOR stiff next from working out with weights - I had to take the day off with painkillers and could not move my neck whatsoever. Don't remember if it was the same side.

It is really difficult to diagnose without examining the side of your neck.Still there can be some options here. It can be a congenital abnormality that may have showed up now like a brachial cyst.It can be a hematoma which may have formed when you had some trauma to this neck.It can be an infection which may be protruding out in the form of pus from inbetween the muscles.An ultrasound of the swelling would be very useful in diagnosing the condition.Your best course would be to visit a surgeon who would be able to examine your neck and have alook at the ultrasound to reach a diagnosis.

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It would be too pre mature to say if its cancer or not. But there are many common diseases that present like this and those havee been mentioned by me. Hopefully it would be something benign and not cancerous.